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Carol Chien-Hua Lam (born June 26, 1959), a former U.S. Attorney (interim) for the Southern District of California. Lam was sworn into office on September 4, 2002. On November 12, 2002, Lam was further sworn in as a presidential appointment. Most prominently, Lam oversaw the Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham military contracting corruption case. June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ...
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Randy Duke Cunningham speaking January 2005 Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8, 1941), usually known as Randy or Duck, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Californias 50th Congressional District. ...
Personal
As reported in her wedding announcement in the New York Times published on August 24, 1986, Lam is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sau-Wing Lam of Tenafly, N.J. Her husband, Mark Steven Burnett, is a geophysicist specializing in oceanography. The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...
Education Lam received her BA from Yale University with a degree in philosophy. She received her JD from Stanford Law School in 1985. Yale redirects here. ...
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Career From 1997 to 2000, Lam was the Chief of the Major Fraud Section at the Southern District of California. For the 11 years before that she was Assistant US Attorney at the same office. She began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Irving R. Kaufman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[1]
Lam was fired by the Bush Administration.[2][3][4][5] The Administration claims that Lam did not focus enough prosecuting border crimes, echoing US Representative Darrell Issa's (R-CA) complaints.[2] Darrell E. Issa (pronounced Eye-suh) (born November 1, 1953) is an American politician and former CEO of a consumer electronics company. ...
U.S. Attorney
Anti-corruption activity Lam was active in securing indictments against Central Intelligence Agency official Kyle "Dusty" Foggo and contractor Brent Wilkes, both of whom were involved in the Randy "Duke" Cunningham case. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, colloquially known as The Company or simply, The Agency) is an intelligence agency of the United States Government. ...
Kyle Dustin Dusty Foggo (born March 17, 1954) is an American spy who was the Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the third-ranking official in that organization. ...
Randy Duke Cunningham speaking January 2005 Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8, 1941), usually known as Randy or Duck, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Californias 50th Congressional District. ...
Lam was actively investigating Republican Congressman Jerry Lewis at the time of her dismissal.[6] The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ...
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Many prominent Democrats, including Senators Charles Schumer and Diane Feinstein, allege that Lam's firing the move is just part of a broader vengeful move against prosecutors that have went after political corruption that damaged Republicans or that were not loyal enough to the Administration.[7] Republican Congressman Darrell Issa has stated that he takes "maybe one-twentieth" of the responsibility for Lam's firing. [8] [9] During her tenure as US Attorney, Lam received both the Director's Award for Superior Performance and the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service.[1] Charles Ellis Chuck Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is a Jewish American politician. ...
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Darrell E. Issa (pronounced Eye-suh) (born November 1, 1953) is an American politician and former CEO of a consumer electronics company. ...
Lam's firing comes as part of a group of at least seven US Attorney firings between December 2006 and January 2007.[7]
Former White House counsel Harriet Miers allegedly was involved with the ouster of the seven U.S. Attorneys and their replacement by operatives friendly to the Republican party. Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945 in Dallas, Texas) is an American lawyer, and former White House Counsel. ...
Later career When she left the US Attorney's position in February 2007, she accepted the position of senior vice president and legal counsel for Qualcomm.[1] Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a wireless telecommunications research and development company based in San Diego, California. ...
References - ^ a b c QUALCOMM Appoints Carol C. Lam Senior Vice President and Legal Counsel for Company’s Legal Team (February 15, 2007).
- ^ a b [1] Kelly Thornton and Onell R. Soto, "Job performance said to be behind White House firing," San Diego Union Tribune, January 12, 2007.
- ^ Richard Marosi. U.S. prosecutors quit in San Diego, S.F. LA Times, January 17, 2007
- ^ Dan Eggen. Prosecutor Firings Not Political, Gonzales Says, Washington Post, January 19, 2007; Page A02
- ^ David Johnston. Justice Dept. Names New Prosecutors, Forcing Some Out NY Times, 17 January 2007
- ^ The New York Times, Politics and the Corruption Fighter, January 18, 2007.
- ^ a b [2] Laurie Kellman, "Senate Republicans block bill to curb Justice power over US attys," Associated Press, February 15, 2007.
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